Patents by Inventor Jeffrey T. Schnapp
Jeffrey T. Schnapp has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Publication number: 20240083439Abstract: A self-powered vehicle comprises a mechanical drive system, a set of sensors, and a controller coupled to the mechanical drive system to move the vehicle. The self-powered vehicle can operate in a plurality of modes, including a training mode and a smart behavior mode. In the training mode, the vehicle follows a trajectory of a user, and stores the trajectory in memory. In the smart behavior mode the vehicle autonomously traverses the stored trajectory.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 20, 2023Publication date: March 14, 2024Inventors: Greg Lynn, Jeffrey T. Schnapp, Mitchell Weiss
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Patent number: 11370497Abstract: A two-wheeled vehicle is provided. The two-wheeled vehicle includes a chassis having a height, a length and a width, in a first wheel rotatably connected to the chassis, the first wheel having a perimeter, a diameter and a geometric center, and the diameter of the first wheel being at least 75% of the height of the chassis, a motor for providing a drive energy to the first wheel, an axle rotated by the motor, a drive gear connected with the axle such that the drive gear rotates with a rotation of the axle, and a plurality of teeth disposed about the first wheel and mechanically engaged with the drive gear at a location closer to the perimeter of the first wheel than to the geometric center of the first wheel.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2016Date of Patent: June 28, 2022Assignee: Piaggio Fast Forward, Inc.Inventors: Jeffrey T. Schnapp, Gregory Stewart Lynn, Joshua Eldred Elvander, Sasha Priya Hoffman, Suhas Subhaschandra Malghan, Nazareth V. Ekmekjian, Rossitza Dimitrova Kotelova, Bethanne Altringer, Jamar A. Bromley
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Publication number: 20200047826Abstract: A two-wheeled vehicle is provided. The two-wheeled vehicle includes a chassis having a height, a length and a width, in a first wheel rotatably connected to the chassis, the first wheel having a perimeter, a diameter and a geometric center, and the diameter of the first wheel being at least 75% of the height of the chassis, a motor for providing a drive energy to the first wheel, an axle rotated by the motor, a drive gear connected with the axle such that the drive gear rotates with a rotation of the axle, and a plurality of teeth disposed about the first wheel and mechanically engaged with the drive gear at a location closer to the perimeter of the first wheel than to the geometric center of the first wheel.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 18, 2016Publication date: February 13, 2020Inventors: Jeffrey T. SCHNAPP, Gregory Stewart LYNN, Joshua Eldred ELVANDER, Sasha Priya HOFFMAN, Suhas Subhaschandra MALGHAN, Nazareth V. EKMEKJIAN, Rossitza Dimitrova KOTELOVA, Bethanne ALTRINGER, Jamar A. BROMLEY
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Patent number: 10351190Abstract: A three-wheeled vehicle includes a chassis, a first wheel rotatably connected to the chassis, the first wheel having a first perimeter, a first diameter and a first geometric center, a second wheel rotatably connected to the chassis, the second wheel having a second perimeter, a second diameter and a second geometric center, a first motor and a second motor, a first drive and a second drive gear, a first plurality of teeth disposed about the first wheel and mechanically engaged with the first drive gear at a location closer to the first perimeter than to the first geometric center, a second plurality of teeth disposed about the second wheel and mechanically engaged with the second drive gear at a location closer to the second perimeter than to the second geometric center, a mount rotatably connected to the chassis and a third wheel rotatably connected to the mount.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2017Date of Patent: July 16, 2019Assignee: PIAGGIO FAST FORWARD, INC.Inventors: Gregory Stewart Lynn, Jeffrey T. Schnapp, Amos Ambler, Jarrod Smith, Nazareth V. Ekmekjian, Emanuele Savino
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Patent number: 10293676Abstract: A two-wheeled vehicle is provided. The two-wheeled vehicle includes a chassis having a height, a length and a width, a first wheel rotatably connected to the chassis, the first wheel having a perimeter, a diameter and a geometric center, and the diameter of the first wheel being at least 75% of the height of the chassis, a motor for providing a drive energy to the first wheel, an axle rotated by the motor, a drive gear connected with the axle such that the drive gear rotates with a rotation of the axle, and a plurality of teeth disposed about the first wheel and mechanically engaged with the drive gear at a location closer to the perimeter of the first wheel than to the geometric center of the first wheel.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2016Date of Patent: May 21, 2019Assignee: PIAGGIO FAST FORWARD, INC.Inventors: Jeffrey T. Schnapp, Gregory Stewart Lynn, Joshua Eldred Elvander, Sasha Priya Hoffman, Suhas Subhaschandra Malghan, Nazareth V. Ekmekjian, Rossitza Dimitrova Kotelova, Bethanne Altringer, Jamar A. Bromley
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Patent number: 10173738Abstract: A two-wheeled vehicle is provided. The two-wheeled vehicle includes a chassis having a height, a length, a width, a front and a back, a first wheel rotatably connected to the chassis, the first wheel having a perimeter, a diameter and a geometric center, and the diameter of the first wheel being at least 75% of the height of the chassis, a second wheel rotatably connected to the chassis, the second wheel having a perimeter, a diameter and a geometric center, and the diameter of the second wheel being at least 75% of the height of the chassis, and a counterweight coupled to the chassis such that the counterweight can adjust an orientation of the chassis in response to a change in pitch of the chassis about an axis passing through the geometric centers of the first and second wheels.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2016Date of Patent: January 8, 2019Assignee: PIAGGIO FAST FORWARD, INC.Inventors: Jeffrey T. Schnapp, Gregory Stewart Lynn, Joshua Eldred Elvander, Sasha Priya Hoffman, Suhas Subhaschandra Malghan, Nazareth V. Ekmekjian, Rossitza Dimitrova Kotelova, Bethanne Altringer, Jamar A. Bromley
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Publication number: 20180208258Abstract: A three-wheeled vehicle includes a chassis, a first wheel rotatably connected to the chassis, the first wheel having a first perimeter, a first diameter and a first geometric center, a second wheel rotatably connected to the chassis, the second wheel having a second perimeter, a second diameter and a second geometric center, a first motor and a second motor, a first drive and a second drive gear, a first plurality of teeth disposed about the first wheel and mechanically engaged with the first drive gear at a location closer to the first perimeter than to the first geometric center, a second plurality of teeth disposed about the second wheel and mechanically engaged with the second drive gear at a location closer to the second perimeter than to the second geometric center, a mount rotatably connected to the chassis and a third wheel rotatably connected to the mount.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 10, 2017Publication date: July 26, 2018Inventors: Gregory Stewart Lynn, Jeffrey T. Schnapp, Amos Ambler, Jarrod Smith, Nazareth V. Ekmekjian, Emanuele Savino
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Publication number: 20180105215Abstract: A two-wheeled vehicle is provided. The two-wheeled vehicle includes a chassis having a height, a length, a width, a front and a back, a first wheel rotatably connected to the chassis, the first wheel having a perimeter, a diameter and a geometric center, and the diameter of the first wheel being at least 75% of the height of the chassis, a second wheel rotatably connected to the chassis, the second wheel having a perimeter, a diameter and a geometric center, and the diameter of the second wheel being at least 75% of the height of the chassis, and a counterweight coupled to the chassis such that the counterweight can adjust an orientation of the chassis in response to a change in pitch of the chassis about an axis passing through the geometric centers of the first and second wheels.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 18, 2016Publication date: April 19, 2018Inventors: Jeffrey T. Schnapp, Gregory Stewart Lynn, Joshua Eldred Elvander, Sasha Priya Hoffman, Suhas Subhaschandra Malghan, Nazareth V. Ekmekjian, Rossitza Dimitrova Kotelova, Bethanne Altringer, Jamar A. Bromley
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Publication number: 20180105033Abstract: A two-wheeled vehicle is provided. The two-wheeled vehicle includes a chassis having a height, a length and a width, a first wheel rotatably connected to the chassis, the first wheel having a perimeter, a diameter and a geometric center, and the diameter of the first wheel being at least 75% of the height of the chassis, a motor for providing a drive energy to the first wheel, an axle rotated by the motor, a drive gear connected with the axle such that the drive gear rotates with a rotation of the axle, and a plurality of teeth disposed about the first wheel and mechanically engaged with the drive gear at a location closer to the perimeter of the first wheel than to the geometric center of the first wheel.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 18, 2016Publication date: April 19, 2018Inventors: Jeffrey T. Schnapp, Gregory Stewart Lynn, Joshua Eldred Elvander, Sasha Priya Hoffman, Suhas Subhaschandra Malghan, Nazareth V. Ekmekjian, Rossitza Dimitrova Kotelova, Bethanne Altringer, Jamar A. Bromley
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Patent number: D890024Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2016Date of Patent: July 14, 2020Assignee: PIAGGIO FAST FORWARD, INC.Inventors: Jeffrey T. Schnapp, Gregory Stewart Lynn, Rossitza Dimitrova Kotelova, Sasha Priya Hoffman, Jamar A. Bromley, Nazareth V. Ekmekjian